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cnosuan Application filed September 26, 1921. Serial No. 503,205.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that, 1, JOHN W. CRIPE, a citizen of the United States,residing at N ewville, in the, county of Towner and State of\NorthDakota, have invented new and useful Improvements inClosures, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to closures for motor vehicle fuel tanksand otherliquid con-. tainers, and its object is to provide the same with a noveland improved valved closure which allows .the tank to be easily filledwithout unscrewing a cap or similar closure, the valve automaticallyclosing when the nozzle of the filling hose is removed.

The object stated is attained by meansof a combination and arrangementof parts to be hereinafter .described and claimed, and in order that thesame may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanyingdrawing, in which: v

Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the device, showing the valveclosed;

Fi 2 is an enlarged horizontal section on i the line 2-2 of F ig. 1, and

Fig.- 3 is a vertical section of the device showing the valve opened.

Referrin specifically to the drawing,'5 denotes a ra'gment of a gasolineor other liquid tank,the same being provided with a top filler opening 6to which is ordinar ly applied a screw cap orsimilar closure WhlCh' mustbe removed when a supply of asoline or other liquid is to be run into te tank.

It is the purpose of the invention to do away with this screw cap, andto employ in its place a valved closure which will now be described.

The reference numeral 7 denotes acylinder having a number of sideopenings 8, but closed at the bottom, as shown at 9. They top of thecylinder 7 is given the form of a screw plug 10 so that it may bescrewed into the filler opening 6. This plug or top por-, tion of thecylinder has a central opening 11,1 and inside the same is located avalve 12 which is adapted to seat in the o enin The opening extendscompletely t oug the plug from the top thereof and into the interior ofthe cylinder, and hence when the valve 12 is unseated the tank 5 may befilled through ,said opening, the liquid passing into the cylinder andescaping through the side openings 8 thereof into the tank. The seatingportion or to of the valve 12 is convex to make a tight e l slightlyfrom the opening 11 so that it may be engaged by the nozzle of thefilling hose and unseated' by a downward pressure on said nozzle. Aspring 13 is employed for holding the valve seated, and hence when thenozzle is removed from the valve, the latter is automatically closed.The spring is located between the under side of the valve 12 and thebottom 9 of the cylinder 7.

osure, and it protrudes F min the bottom of the valve 12 extends atubular guide 14 which is open at the bottom, and from the bottom 9 ofthe cylinder 7 risesa stationary guide stem 15 which extends into theguide tube 14, the latter having a sliding fit on the stem. The springis coiled around the parts 14 and 15, and the latter provides a simpleand eflicient means for guiding .the Valve 12 and assuring its properseating at all times.

The device is very simple and hence it can be cheaply and easilymanufactured. No modification in the structure of the tank 5 isrequired, and the device can be applied to the tank by merely removingtheusual filler plug from the filler opening and screwing the topportion 10 into said opening so that the cylinder 7 extends downwardlyinto the tank.

I claim:

. A closure for. liquid containers comprising a cylinder which is closedat the bottom and has its top in the form of a screw-plug and providedwith an inlet opening, said cylinder also having side liquid escapeopenings, a valve seating upwardly in the inlet opening and expose onthe outside thereof, telescopically connected guide members, for thevalve, one of said members depending from the valve and movabletherewith and the other member being stationary and supported by theclosed bottom of the cylinder,

and a spring for normally holding the valve JOHN w. cairn.

